Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

batzu I give this a movie a high rating for many of the reasons people have given it a low rating. As one reviewer stated, it's way way WAy over the top! To me this is a plus to what would otherwise be a pretty boring movie. I found much of it to be hilarious. This movie does echo the whole Lethal Weapon, Die Hard vibe, and is basically the same plot as Cape Fear. But where those movies seemed somewhat plausible, at least as movies, this one goes off the rails. Denzel and Lithgow are watchable even in this ridiculous movie. Here are some highlights:Spoiler Alert:A gladiator fight between Lithgow and Jesse Ventura in prison using phone books as armorA jockstrap with a holdout pistol holsterLindsay Wagner salivating over a nude DenzelA prison guard being killed with a circular sawIce TKevin Pollack doing Columbo and Captain Kirk impressionsA fight scene at the top of Watts TowersAn obligatory impaling of the antagonistA bar with a heavyset topless woman and a midget (little person) walking on the bar serving drinksAnd so much more as the dialog will make you cringe and laugh out loud. I honestly wasn't expecting the level of exploitative entertainment that was contained in this flick and liked in a so bad it's good way.

LeonLouisRicci The Problem Here is Tone. It Wanders and Waivers at the Drop of a Profanity. The Movie is Vile and Then Cute and Cuddly. There are Individual Set Pieces that are Effective and Brutal and There are Scenes that are Cringe Inducing, Like a Switch of Allegiance with a Backstory that is Barely Hinted and Does Not Ring True.Denzel Washington and John Lithgow are the Right Actors in the Right Roles but are Betrayed by the Lame Script, Inept Storytelling, and a Style that is Pedestrian. It can be a Guilty Pleasure for Sure, but that Only Reinforces the Mishandling of the Material and a Result of Rubbernecking at Powerful Actors being Prostituted for Cheap Thrills. Kevin Pollak is Wasted in a Sleepwalking Role.The Movie Works at Times but Unravels So Often it is a Frustrating Film that Never Finds its Legs and is Herky-Jerky the Way it Fluctuates its Presentation. The Third-Act is the Worst of the Three as Characters Betray Their Previous Personas and Become Cattle Herded Into the Slaughterhouse for a Cheesy Conclusion.Yes, the Whole Movie is Cheesy but Not as Smelly as the Completely Clunky Ending.

robinski34 A strong opening sequence, reminiscent of titles straight from a Hitchcock movie, bodes well and it's Denzel to the max from the opening frames. 'Ricochet' is very much a product of the 80's in its look and sound, and there's a hard edge and some snappy dialog that really pushes the action forward without pulling any of its numerous punches. This is most likely down to the screenplay being penned by Steven de Souza who wrote Die Hard; DH 2; 48 Hours and Another 48 Hours, some of the previous decades' defining films. John Lithgow's performance is suitably deranged, Kevin Pollack provides solid support (nice impression in the early stages). It's a good story, not without a Hitchcockian twist or two, arguably not particularly polished as a final product, but still a barrel load of kitschy '80's fun. Worth a look, especially for Denzel fans.

Rodrigo Amaro In "Ricochet" a dangerous man escapes from prison with the sole purpose of getting revenge on the man who put him behind bars many years ago. John Lithgow plays Earl and he goes on a limitless hunt trying to destroy the reputation of the former cop, now a respected district attorney played by Denzel Washington. Let's say that the formula of "Cape Fear" gets really twisted, really messy, at times outrageously funny trying to be very serious in here. What makes this movie worth viewing is the way the villain executes his plan of destroying the hero bit by bit without killing him, he makes better: he makes the honorable man looks like a crazy fool who'll lost respect of the society he helped to improve by condemning guys like Earl, and will try hard to get the love and respect of his family and friends. The plan was interestingly performed, things are quite surprising in this department and the film succeeds in this. It also succeeds with Lithgow playing an scary antagonist stealing the show from everybody, and Denzel does his routine acting, very good.However, this film cannot be viewed just for those things. The main problem of the film was some absurds put on the screen to make us impressed by the plot. And it's strange that director Russell Mulcahy and writer Steven E. De Souza (the future director of "Street Fighter") wants us to make not only shocked, entertained and all but also wants the audience to take this story seriously, but it's really hard to do that. Here's some moments and things that puts this film on a lower level: the violent jailbreak scene almost got right with the excess of violence (very unbelievable that prisoners would have access to such dangerous tools like a saw and would be fast enough to use right away on the guards); a sex tape being broadcasted on live TV in the morning (one of Lithgow's tricks against the hero), very laughable. But the one who is really absurd but was interesting to watch was the fight between Lithgow and another prisoner, both wearing an armor made of books glued with duct tape, where director Mulcahy recreates his famous fight in "Highlander". That would never happen in real life but it's sure funny to see that happening. It's hard not to laugh at some of those things and some even might find this a silly movie because of that; it loses all of its seriousness just to appeal to audiences.It certainly produces memorable moments, it's quite entertaining and it is very exciting. Don't expect much and don't even pay attention to the nonsense talk about the racial issues brought up by some mongoloids viewers who watched this film way over of what was proposed. Take a look at some of the amazing extravagances of 1990's cinema and enjoy it. 8/10